Where does “五時” come from?
五時 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 時, from Old Japanese 時, from Old Japanese しだ — a time, circumstance, occasion.
五時 (Japanese): five o'clock
Ancestry of “五時”, step by step
五時 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 時
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 時 | time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 時 | a time, moment (in time), occasion |
| 3 | Old Japanese | しだ | a time, circumstance, occasion |
via Japanese 五
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 五 | five; a name of a hole of a wind instrument |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | ご | — |